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Patented July 1, 191),

IV. SAKOGAWA.

TOILET FLUSHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. El, 1917, 1,308,301,

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TOILET-RUSHING DEvIcE.

Application led January 31, 1917. Serial No. 145,717. l

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, MASUNOSUKE SAEO- GAWA, citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Ala-` meda Iand State of California, have invent' ed certa-in new and useful Improvements in Toilet-,Flushing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

invention is a new. and improved toilet constructed and arranged to eliminate 'the annoying and embarrassmg noise caused by the rush of the iushing water therethrough.

In the accompanyin forms part of this speci cation and pended claims, y.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of 1nv improved noiseless toilet. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of a Hush tank constructed 1n accordance with my invention showing upper bumper and engaging means for the tank valve.

Numeral 1 indicates a toilet base which may be made as usual of'porcelain. The base has a large inlet conduit 2 leading into the front of the usual bowl 3, in the top of the base, and a large outlet conduit 4 leading from the rear of the bowl and to the outer end of which is connected an outlet pipe 5. To the inlet end of the inletcondult is connected an inlet pipe 6 which leads from the lower part of a flush tank 7. A supply pipe 8 leads into the bottom of the iush tank and i'sadapted to supply water into the tank. A valve 9 is hingedI tothe dischiarge end of thesupply pipe 8within the Hush tank. The valve has an arm 10 which is connected by a cord 11 to a ioat'12, the

drawing, which the apbuoyancy lof which float is adapted to pull the string and armupwardly and close the valve to shut oli' the supply of Awater from the supply'npipe 8` into the tank when the tank is full of water. A oontrollin glass slab slidevalve 13 is slidably mounte in the tank and is adapted normally to extend across the end o the pipe 6 and 'revent Water from iowing from the tank t rough said pipeand inlet conduit-2 into the bowll 3. l The sliding action of the glass valve is noise'less.

Speciicatiovn of Letters Patent.

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A cord 14 is 'connected to the valve 13--and .passes over pulley 15 in the tank, then through an opening in the tank,l and then over pulley 16 outside the'tank. A handle 17 issecured .to the louter end of the cord which may be grasped and pulled down wardlyto raise the valve 13 to admit'water'.v

into inlet pipe 6 and inlet conduit 2 to flush the bowl 3.

A rubber bumper 18 is provided in the tank, against which the glass valve 13 is adapted to drop, upon closing the pipe 6, whereby noise and breakage of the valve upon dropping isl prevented. A bumper 20 is provided in the top ofwth'etank to arrest the upward opening movement of the glass valve and prevent noise and breaking of the 4 water in supply pipe 8 opens the valve 9,

and the water discharges from said pipe into the tank until the tankis again lled and the iioat closes the valve 9.

The inlet and outlet conduits 2 and 4 extend in a tortuous direction through the base 1 which formation of the conduits serves to eliminate objectionable noise of the water which rushes through the conduits in iushing the bowl. Said conduits, and the pipes 8, 6 and 5, are of larger cross sectional area than the cross sectional area of the corresponding conduits and ,rliipes of other e iminate Anoise of rus` in water through the lpipes and conduits. oise is further eliminated in the toilet by the noiseless a'ction of the' glass valve 13. l `f Having described my invention, I rclaim as new andA wish to secure by' Letters Patent:

1. A ,toilet comprising a base formed with ya bowl and a large tortuous inlet oonduit and a large tortuo'ls .outlet conduit,

Aleading to' and from said bowl respectively, leadin toand from saidbowl respectively, and means for flushing the toilet throu h and noiseless means for controlling the insaid inlet conduit, bowl and outlet conduit. troduction of water through said inlet wn- 2. A t'oiletcomprisinga base formed witlr duit, bowl and outlet conduit.` 5 a bowl and` with a large tortuous irlllet-eon-` In testimon whereof .I ax m si ture.. duit and a large tortuous outlet' conduit MAS NOSUKE SAKgG WA 

